For coaching inquiries from Karl Meltzer, the winningest 100 mile runner on earth, link over to my coaching services page at www.karlmeltzer.com/coaching-services. Still taking a few more clients for 2023 and beyond. Learn to run 100 miles, and realize it’s “not that far”.

REGISTER HERE for any one of the three Speedgoat Mountain Races. Race dates are July 22-23, 2022.

This year’s Speedgoat 50k and 28k “short course” will be held on July 24th, 2021. Covid/Gumboo protocol will be in place as it was last year as of February 13, 2021. REGISTER HERE. Don’t miss it this year.  We set the standard last year with our Covid-19 protocol, and the race will go on and Read More

This year the Speedgoat Mountain Races will be held July 28,29th,   2017.   We have discontinued the “Quadbanger” event due to lack of interest in what was probably the coolest descent race possible. Sorry bout that folks, but the classic 50k remains and the Vertical Mile race is still on for Friday the 28th, Read More

For those interested, I’ll be starting my 3rd attempt at the Appalachian Trail record in early August of 2016.  We are not sure on a date yet, we are playing a weather window,  As for now,  all systems are go….:-) Big thanks to Red Bull for supporting this project and making my world so wonderful. Read More

Keep in mind folks, I am a trail runner biased towards the 100 mile race.  In the meantime, go like my Facebook athlete page for more info on my own endless career. MALE ULTRA RUNNER OF THE YEAR Seth Swanson, strongest overall performances, but how can someone win Ultrarunner of the Year and not win Read More

On January 4th at 7am,  come join the rest of the nuts and run the Speedgoat 50k.  Don’t forget to add the other two races we created last season, the Vertical Mile, and the (soon to be legendary) Quadbanger Descent Race.  Find all info here at www.karlmeltzer.com/speedgoat-50k/ Stay tuned for more posts from me, and Read More

We have some more info on this year’s Speedgoat Mountain Festival at Snowbird Ski Resort.  This year we will have 3 races, each on a seperate day: Race #1 will be the Speedgoat Vertical Mile: The race will start at the Creekside Venue  (the normal 50k start) at 3pm on Friday July 24.  The afternoon Read More

We’ve had a few meetings recently on having multiple races on Speedgoat weekend 2015 at Snowbird Ski Resort.  It has now become a reality. We will have 3 races over the course of 3 days. All of em’ will be hard, all of them will hurt, in a sadistic sort of way. Here’s the lineup: Read More

This weekend brought me to the Bear 100 to crew a long time friend, Petra Pirc-McDowell.  It’s been an eternity since I’ve posted anything on my ancient blog, but this time I figured, what the hell.  After seeing many folks at the Bear 100 fight, struggle and swim in the mud, it deserved some love.  Read More